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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

-gon, repr. Gr. -gōnos -angled (cf. KNEE), in heptagon, hexagon, pentagon.

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